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Editor's note
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In 2017, we did an experiment: what if we invited kids to send in questions and asked academic experts to answer them?
We were flooded with questions, ranging from the astonishingly cute to the deeply weird, and so Curious Kids was born.
In this series, we ask experts to write in a way that their young questioner will understand - and that’s what makes these articles a joy for all to read.
The thing I love most about Curious Kids, though, is the way children think of questions that I wouldn’t dream up in a thousand years. Why don’t cats wear shoes? Does space go on forever? Do worms have tongues?
Today, we’re bringing you some of our corkers from Curious Kids. I hope they inspire young readers in your life, and inspire you to walk through the world with a sense of wonder and awe.
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Sunanda Creagh
Head of Digital Storytelling
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Curious Kids 2017
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The truth is we don’t really know if space goes on forever – but maybe, one day, we will find out.
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Tanya Hill, Museums Victoria
People used to think that when they looked up at the night sky, they were seeing all of space. Then American astronomer Edwin Hubble found out something so amazing, NASA named a telescope after him.
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The last thing the spider saw before everything went black.
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Simon Lockrey, RMIT University; Maggie Hardy, The University of Queensland
If a huge huntsman spider is sucked into a vacuum cleaner, can it crawl out later? Lucy, age eight, really, really needs to know.
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What’s better – breathing through your nose or your mouth?
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David King, The University of Queensland
Breathing in through your nose has many medical benefits over mouth breathing. As usual, be wary of misinformation and bias when looking up health on the internet.
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Watch out! The gingerbread zombies are coming!
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Marguerite Johnson, University of Newcastle
James, aged 8, of Sydney wants to know: are zombies real?
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Did Puss in Boots have it all wrong?
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Richard Malik, University of Sydney; Andrea Harvey, University of Technology Sydney
Cats evolved in hot desert regions where there were lots of small animals to eat. So they evolved feet that are perfect for pouncing on prey, climbing, scratching and jumping from great heights.
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Why not ask a parent to play a problem-solving video game with you?
Shutterstock/Alan Ingram
Joanne Orlando, Western Sydney University
Bo, aged nine, wants to know why adults think video games are bad.
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Worms do have something in their mouth that they can poke out, like a tongue. It is called a stylet.
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Hannah Nicholas, University of Sydney
The short answer is no. But worms can use different parts of their body to do some of the jobs that our tongues do - like tasting and crushing food.
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